Re: git-branch, older repos and more confusion

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 04:14:06PM +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote:

> My git tracking repo is still using the .git/remotes/origin
> infrastructure, and now it turns out I can't seem to do a git-pull and
> then a git-format-patch of my local 'master' for patches to go on top
> of junio's master. I am using 1.5.1.106.ga32037

What doesn't work? IIRC, you might have some problems with doing a
'pull' with no parameters, since you don't have the right magic in
.git/config. Have you tried an explicit "git-pull origin master"?

> Alas - I think support for it seems to be going the away... what I am
> missing is a clear way to say git-clone <repo>#branch that has the
> same properties that `cg-clone <repo>#branch` has. Namely, once you
> are done, there are clear names for your "local tip" and "remote tip",
> and push and pull do the right thing without extra params.

I don't think there is a way to clone _just_ that branch, but if you're
OK with fetching all of the branches, then you should be able to do
just:

git-clone <repo>
git-branch --track branch origin/branch
git-checkout branch

Yours is 'branch' and remote is 'origin/branch'. If that branch is
master, then I believe git-clone should set you up already (and you can
even still refer to 'origin', which is a synonym for origin/HEAD).

Or am I not understanding your problem?

-Peff